2008 BWF Super Series

The 2008 BWF Super Series is the second season of the BWF Super Series. The season spanned between the continental of Asia and Europe and was starting with Malaysia Open from January 15 and will be end with Hong Kong Open on November 30, 2008. The top eight ranked players will compete in the Masters Finals in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia from December 18 to December 21, 2008.^[1]

Schedule

Below is the schedule released by Badminton World Federation:^[2]

Tour	Official title	Venue	City	Date		Prize money USD	Report
Tour	Official title	Venue	City	Start	Finish	Prize money USD	Report
1	Malaysia Open Super Series	Putra Indoor Stadium	Kuala Lumpur	January 15	January 20	200,000	Report
2	Korea Open Super Series	Jangchung Gymnasium	Seoul	January 22	January 27	300,000	Report
3	All England Super Series	National Indoor Arena	Birmingham	March 4	March 9	200,000	Report
4	Swiss Open Super Series	St. Jakobshalle	Basel	March 11	March 16	200,000	Report
5	Singapore Super Series	Singapore Indoor Stadium	Singapore	June 10	June 15	200,000	Report
6	Indonesia Super Series	Bung Karno Stadium	Jakarta	June 17	June 22	250,000	Report
7	Japan Super Series	Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium	Tokyo	September 16	September 21	200,000	Report
8	China Masters Super Series	Changzhou Olympic Sports Center	Changzhou	September 23	September 28	200,000	Report
9	Denmark Super Series	Arena Fyn	Odense	October 21	October 26	200,000	Report
10	French Super Series	Stade Pierre de Coubertin	Paris	October 28	November 2	200,000	Report
11	China Open Super Series	Yuanshen Sports Development Center	Pudong, Shanghai	November 18	November 23	250,000	Report
12	Hong Kong Super Series	Queen Elizabeth Stadium	Wan Chai, Hong Kong	November 25	November 30	200,000	Report
13	Super Series Masters Finals	Likas Indoor Stadium	Kota Kinabalu, Sabah	December 18	December 21	500,000	Report

Tour	Men's singles	Women's singles	Men's doubles	Women's doubles	Mixed doubles
Malaysia Super Series	Lee Chong Wei	Tine Rasmussen	Markis Kido Hendra Setiawan	Yang Wei Zhang Jiewen	He Hanbin Yu Yang
Korea Open Super Series	Lee Hyun-il	Zhou Mi	Fu Haifeng Cai Yun	Du Jing Yu Yang	Lee Yong-dae Lee Hyo-jung
All England Super Series	Chen Jin	Tine Rasmussen	Jung Jae-sung Lee Yong-dae	Lee Hyo-jung Lee Kyung-won	Zheng Bo Gao Ling
Swiss Open Super Series	Lin Dan	Xie Xingfang	Jung Jae-sung Lee Yong-dae	Yang Wei Zhang Jiewen	He Hanbin Yu Yang
Singapore Super Series	Lee Chong Wei	Tine Rasmussen	Zakry Abdul Latif Fairuzizuan Mohd Tazari	Du Jing Yu Yang	Nova Widianto Lilyana Natsir
Indonesia Super Series	Sony Dwi Kuncoro	Zhu Lin	Zakry Abdul Latif Fairuzizuan Mohd Tazari	Vita Marissa Lilyana Natsir	Zheng Bo Gao Ling
Japan Super Series	Sony Dwi Kuncoro	Wang Yihan	Lars Paaske Jonas Rasmussen	Cheng Shu Zhao Yunlei	Muhammad Rizal Vita Marissa
China Masters Super Series	Sony Dwi Kuncoro	Zhou Mi	Markis Kido Hendra Setiawan	Cheng Shu Zhao Yunlei	Xie Zhongbo Zhang Yawen
Denmark Super Series	Peter Gade	Wang Lin	Markis Kido Hendra Setiawan	Wong Pei Tty Chin Eei Hui	Joachim Fischer Nielsen Christinna Pedersen
French Super Series	Peter Gade	Wang Lin	Markis Kido Hendra Setiawan	Du Jing Yu Yang	He Hanbin Yu Yang
China Open Super Series	Lin Dan	Jiang Yanjiao	Jung Jae-sung Lee Yong-dae	Zhang Yawen Zhao Tingting	Lee Yong-dae Lee Hyo-jung

Tabulated below are the Super Series performances based on countries. Only countries who have won a title are listed:

Team	MAS	KOR	ENG	SUI	SIN	INA	JPN	CHN	DEN	FRA	CHN	Total
China	2	2	2	4	1	2	2	2	1	3	3	24
Indonesia	1				1	2	2	2	1	1		10
Denmark	1		1		1		1		2	1		7
Korea		2	2	1							2	7
Malaysia	1				2	1			1			5
Hong Kong		1						1				2

All the progress and points below are carry forward from the tournament for past 52 weeks as state by BWF's world ranking system.^[3]^[4]

Tabulated below are the leader progress in Super Series ranking towards the Super Series Final:

Category	Players	MAS	KOR	ENG	SUI	SIN	INA	JPN	CHN	DEN	FRA	CHN
Men's singles	Lee Chong Wei	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
Women's singles	Xie Xingfang	Y	Y		Y
	Lu Lan			Y		Y	Y	Y	Y
	Zhou Mi									Y	Y	Y
Men's doubles	Fu Haifeng Cai Yun	Y	Y	Y
Men's doubles	Markis Kido Hendra Setiawan				Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
Women's doubles	Zhang Yawen Wei Yili	Y	Y	Y	Y		Y
	Du Jing Yu Yang					Y		Y	Y	Y
	Wong Pei Tty Chin Eei Hui										Y	Y
Mixed doubles	Zheng Bo Gao Ling	Y
Mixed doubles	Nova Widianto Lilyana Natsir		Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y

Rank	Players	MAS	KOR	ENG	SUI	SIN	INA	JPN	CHN	DEN	FRA	Points
1	Lee Chong Wei	1	R2	SF	2	1	DNP	2	DNP	DNP	SF	50,440
2	Sony Dwi Kuncoro	R1	QF	QF	R1	DNP	1	1	1	R2	R2	49,320
3	Joachim Persson	DNP	DNP	QF	R2	QF	R2	DNP	QF	2	QF	41,580
4	Chen Jin	R2	QF	1	R1	DNP	DNP	DNP	2	QF	QF	37,940
5	Peter Gade	DNP	SF	DNP	DNP	SF	R2	R1	DNP	1	1	37,060
6	Kenneth Jonassen	SF	SF	QF	QF	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	SF	SF	35,760
6	Bao Chunlai	QF	QF	SF	SF	DNP	SF	DNP	SF	DNP	DNP	35,760
8	Taufik Hidayat	R2	DNP	QF	QF	DNP	DNP	QF	QF	DNP	2	31,560
9	Przemysław Wacha	R2	R1	R2	SF	R1	QF	DNP	DNP	SF	DNP	29,520
10	Simon Santoso	QF	R2	DNP	DNP	2	2	R2	DNP	DNP	DNP	27,840

Rank	Players	MAS	KOR	ENG	SUI	SIN	INA	JPN	CHN	DEN	FRA	Points
1	Zhou Mi	R2	1	R1	QF	2	QF	2	1	2	R2	61,300
2	Tine Rasmussen	1	DNP	1	DNP	1	R1	SF	QF	SF	SF	54,120
3	Lu Lan	QF	2	2	QF	DNP	DNP	SF	QF	SF	SF	49,980
4	Wang Chen	QF	QF	QF	QF	QF	QF	QF	R2	R1	R1	41,940
5	Zhu Lin	2	DNP	R2	QF	DNP	1	R1	QF	QF	R1	40,160
6	Pi Hongyan	SF	R1	QF	SF	R2	SF	DNP	DNP	DNP	QF	35,160
7	Yu Hirayama	R1	QF	R1	2	DNP	SF	DNP	DNP	R1	R1	33,420
8	Wang Lin	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	R2	DNP	R2	2	1	1	42,660
9	Wang Yihan	DNP	DNP	R2	R2	DNP	DNP	1	SF	QF	R1	30,080
10	Xu Huaiwen	R1	QF	SF	SF	DNP	DNP	R2	DNP	R1	R2	29,520
10	Wong Mew Choo	SF	R1	QF	R2	SF	DNP	R2	DNP	DNP	R1	29,520

Rank	Players	MAS	KOR	ENG	SUI	SIN	INA	JPN	CHN	DEN	FRA	Points
1	Markis Kido Hendra Setiawan	1	R2	R1	2	DNP	QF	QF	1	1	1	60,500
2	Mohd Zakry Abdul Latif Mohd Fairuzizuan Mohd Tazari	R2	R2	R1	SF	1	1	R2	R2	QF	QF	48,760
3	Lars Paaske Jonas Rasmussen	2	SF	QF	R2	R1	DNP	1	DNP	SF	SF	47,120
4	Mathias Boe Carsten Mogensen	R2	SF	R2	QF	DNP	QF	DNP	DNP	R2	R2	30,900
5	Rian Sukmawan Yonatan Suryatama Dasuki	DNP	DNP	R1	DNP	R2	R1	SF	QF	QF	QF	29,580
6	Fu Haifeng Cai Yun	SF	1	R2	R2	DNP	DNP	DNP	SF	DNP	DNP	29,240
7	Tadashi Ohtsuka Keita Masuda	R1	R2	QF	R1	R2	QF	SF	DNP	DNP	DNP	28,140
8	Shuichi Sakamoto Shintaro Ikeda	R1	R2	SF	R2	R2	R2	QF	DNP	DNP	DNP	28,080
9	Candra Wijaya Tony Gunawan	SF	DNP	R2	QF	DNP	2	QF	DNP	DNP	DNP	27,900
10	Luluk Hadiyanto Alvent Yulianto	R1	2	QF	QF	R2	R2	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	27,300

Rank	Players	MAS	KOR	ENG	SUI	SIN	INA	JPN	CHN	DEN	FRA	Points
1	Wong Pei Tty Chin Eei Hui	R2	QF	R2	R1	R1	QF	2	QF	1	2	50,120
2	Du Jing Yu Yang	SF	1	2	SF	1	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	1	48,240
3	Lilyana Natsir Vita Marissa	R2	QF	R2	R2	SF	1	SF	QF	DNP	QF	46,520
4	Miyuki Maeda Satoko Suetsuna	QF	R1	R1	DNP	QF	2	SF	DNP	DNP	DNP	30,960
5	Lena Frier Kristiansen Kamilla Rytter Juhl	R2	DNP	R2	R2	QF	R2	DNP	DNP	QF	QF	29,520
6	Lee Kyung-won Lee Hyo-jung	SF	SF	1	SF	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	28,460
7	Zhang Yawen Wei Yili	DNP	SF	SF	2	DNP	SF	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	27,060
8	Zhao Yunlei Cheng Shu	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	1	1	R2	SF	27,040
9	Ha Jung-eun Kim Min-jung	R1	R2	R2	R2	SF	QF	R2	DNP	DNP	DNP	26,700
10	Gao Ling Zhao Tingting	2	2	QF	QF	DN	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	25,680

Rank	Players	MAS	KOR	ENG	SUI	SIN	INA	JPN	CHN	DEN	FRA	Points
1	Nova Widianto Lilyana Natsir	QF	R1	2	SF	1	SF	2	2	DNP	SF	59,120
2	He Hanbin Yu Yang	1	R1	QF	1	DNP	DNP	DNP	SF	DNP	SF	41,280
3	Anthony Clark Donna Kellogg	DNP	R2	QF	2	2	DNP	DNP	DNP	QF	2	38,160
4	Thomas Laybourn Kamilla Rytter Juhl	R2	QF	R2	R2	R1	2	DNP	DNP	2	R2	35,880
5	Sudket Prapakamol Saralee Thungthongkam	SF	QF	R2	QF	QF	DNP	R2	QF	DNP	DNP	32,400
6	Robert Blair Imogen Bankier	R2	Q	QF	R2	DNP	QF	R2	DNP	SF	R2	28,570
7	Zheng Bo Gao Ling	DNP	DNP	1	QF	QF	1	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	28,480
8	Lee Yong-dae Lee Hyo-jung	2	1	QF	SF	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	28,460
9	David Lindley Suzanne Rayappan	R2	R1	R1	R2	DNP	R2	R2	DNP	SF	R2	27,480
10	Xie Zhongbo Zhang Yawen	DNP	SF	SF	QF	DNP	DNP	DNP	1	DNP	DNP	27,080

^ "BWF Super Series Masters Finals It's on!". BWF. 2008-10-31. Retrieved 2008-10-31.
^ "BWF Calendar". BWF. Retrieved 2008-10-31.
^ "World Ranking System" (PDF). Retrieved 2008-02-17.
^ "Super Series Ranking". Retrieved 2008-01-27.

Preceded by 2007	BWF Super Series 2008	Succeeded by 2009